Takes a few thousand miles for the tire to break-in but it's worth it. Bought it for all the usual attributes, but also for ride comfort at which it excells. It's the side wall constuction that makes it different from the competitors and gives the outstanding ride comfort as well as outstanding handling and traction. I lost about 5% mpg because of the tread's higher rolling resistance, but was it worth the trade-off for ride-comfort which other all season high performance tires used on this car lacked.